SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Bonds looked tired and sounded drained when he arrived at Pac Bell Park on Friday afternoon. He'd gotten "three or four hours" of sleep after a 3 a.m. PDT arrival from Houston and had spent the hours before game time "trying to get all the energy I can for tonight's game."

And then the lights went on, the spotlight flashed in his eyes, and Bonds did what he almost always does in such situations.

He delivered.

A night after becoming the second man in history to hit 70 home runs in a season, Bonds became the first to hit 71 and then added his 72nd in a wild 11-10 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers in front of a crowd of 41,730.

The four-hour, 27-minute game was the longest nine-inning contest in National League history.

As Bonds began putting the finishing touches on what is one of the greatest seasons in baseball history, he was unable to save the Giants, who saw their playoff hopes end with the defeat.

Arizona clinched the National League West championship with a victory over Milwaukee, and San Francisco's defeat assured both the Astros and Cardinals of playoff berths -- one as the NL Central champion and the other as the NL wild-card winner.

Bonds hit both home runs off Dodgers righthander Chan Ho Park, and after each one, he slowly circled the bases, as if to soak up every drop of the moment. In the first inning, teammates poured from the dugout to greet him after the first one. He took a phone call from his father, Bobby Bonds, who was hosting a celebrity golf tournament in Connecticut.

Bonds then left the playing field briefly to hug a variety of family members who were seated near the third base dugout.

Two innings later, Park made another mistake to Bonds, who had hit a 93 mph fastball out of the park for his first homer. Park then tried a curveball, but when he left it up in the strike zone, Bonds hit it over the wall in right-center.

Bonds was honored with a postgame ceremony on the field, but the tone was somewhat somber considering the defeat had ended the Giants' hopes of a second straight playoff appearance.

Bonds hit the two home runs after a day he described as both emotionally taxing and physically draining. After the early-morning arrival from Houston, he slept a few hours, then attended the funeral of his friend and former bodyguard, Franklin Bradley.

Bonds, who hit No. 70 off Astros rookie Wilfredo Rodriguez on the final pitch he saw Thursday night, knows his home run total will be decided by how many strikes the Dodgers throw him in this weekend's three-game series. He was walked eight times and hit by a pitch in 15 plate appearances against the Astros.

One of the few pitchers who challenged him was Rodriguez, who gave Bonds a 93-mph fastball that ended up in the upper-deck seats in right-center field, 454 feet from home plate, in the top of the ninth inning Thursday night.

Until then, the Astros had worked the corners, hoping Bonds would become frustrated enough to swing at a bad pitch. Instead, he showed the kind of patience that has helped him draw 177 walks to break Babe Ruth's 78-year-old major-league record of 1970.

Bonds said Friday that he couldn't quarrel with the Astros' strategy until the sixth inning of the final game. In that contest, the Astros trailed 8-1 in the sixth inning, but lefthander Ron Villone intentionally walked Bonds with a runner on second base.

The strategy paid off because Jeff Kent followed Bonds by hitting into an inning-ending double play. But Bonds believed that in a game with a seven-run difference, he should have had a shot.

"That was the only time I got mad a little bit," Bonds said. "It's 8-1, and I got an intentional walk. That's the most frustrated I got. Guys were coming up, saying, `This is embarrassing to the game.' Other times, it was close enough that they could walk me."

In the end, Bonds got what he wanted by tying McGwire's single-season record and returning home with a chance to break the record.

Three years ago, McGwire broke the 61-homer mark Roger Maris held for 37 years. McGwire held the record for 37 months.

The City by the Bay was prepared for history. Newspaper vendors were selling souvenir editions, and just beyond the right-field wall, dozens of boats, rafts and kayaks were positioned in McCovey Cove hoping for a chance to retrieve the historic ball.

Dozens of other fans were on the walkway between the right-field wall and McCovey Cove with large nets and baseball gloves.

Bonds had dedicated his 69th homer to Bradley's memory and was back in the batting cage a few hours after the funeral.

Asked if he'd had a chance to celebrate or reflect on his 70th homer, Bonds smiled a tight smile and said no.

"I really haven't had a chance," he said. "I finally put a friend to rest today. It seems every time I have a chance to enjoy something, something else comes up. I haven't had much sleep, so I'm trying to get all the energy I can for tonight's game."

As Bonds rounded the bases after hitting his 70th, he thrust his right fist into the air. He jumped on home plate with both feet and was greeted by his son Nikolai and dozens of teammates.

Fans at Enron Field summoned him back onto the field for two curtain calls by chanting his name, and when he was removed from the game before the bottom of the ninth inning began, he was given another warm ovation.

Bonds has been cheered by opposing fans in other cities this season. But his teammates haven't always been part of the celebration. After his 500th home run, no teammate left the dugout to greet him at home plate. This time, it was different.

"We weren't part of 500," Kent said. "We were all part of 70. Some of us still don't understand 500. Heck, they brought his family out on the field for 500, and they didn't do that this time. Just the teammates."

Given the nature of the Dodgers-Giants rivalry, it was no sure thing he would see many strikes. Two weeks ago when Bonds was closing in on 60 home runs, the Dodgers informed the Giants there would be no in-game ceremony if he hit it at Dodger Stadium.

But Dodgers manager Jim Tracy said his team would play it straight with Bonds.

"We'll go after him," he said. "There's an integrity part of this game that, in my mind, you can't ignore. And that integrity portion of it to me goes far beyond the Giants-Dodgers rivalry."